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USGS
Stream Stats to check if the water feature drains over 50 acres

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t is
only necessary to check stream stats when there is a small headwater stream=
or
ditch onsite and the 50 acre threshold is essential to determine if FHA
regulations will apply. Use your best judgement of the location of the site=
in
the watershed to determine if stream stats needs to be consulted or not. Mo=
re
often, stream stats is consulted AFTER a field v=
isit
when a feature is encountered that wasn’t obvious on GIS**

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the location by scrolling to the site and clicking on the point in the water
feature where you want to delineate the drainage area. (Tip: turn on
“Topographic images” layer in GIS to help locate the site)Click the Delineation Results button. =
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